1 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

Total assets, collateral received and own debt securities issued must equal the sum of its two parts (EBA rule v2834_m)

A warning in the asset encumbrance return (AE), on templates F 32.01, asset encumbrance: encumbrance overview - assets, F 32.02.a, asset encumbrance: encumbrance overview - collateral (a) and F 32.02.b, asset encumbrance: encumbrance overview - collateral (b).

The rule in plain words

Total assets, collateral received and own debt securities issued must equal assets of the reporting institution plus collateral received by the reporting institution.

All the values are in the issued by other entities of the group column (0020).

How the Line4 Check report words itShow

Word for word as the report shows it when the rule fails.

F_32.02.B: TOTAL ASSETS, COLLATERAL RECEIVED AND OWN DEBT SECURITIES ISSUED, Of which: issued by other entities of the group = F_32.01: Assets of the reporting institution, Of which: issued by other entities of the group + F_32.02.A: Collateral received by the reporting institution, Of which: issued by other entities of the group

What to do if your filing fails it

  1. 01Open the templates below and find the cells the rule reads.
  2. 02Add up the parts in your file and compare the result with the total.
  3. 03If they differ, a part is missing, a value sits in the wrong cell, or the total is out of date.
  4. 04EBA allows a small rounding difference, worked out from the decimals each value is reported with.
  5. 05It runs only when your filing indicators mark F 32.01, F 32.02 and F 32.02 as reported.
  6. 06This is a warning. It does not stop the filing on its own, but your authority may ask you to explain it.

The cells it reads

Asset encumbrance: encumbrance overview - assets (F 32.01)

Row

  • 0010Assets of the reporting institution

Column

  • 0020Of which: issued by other entities of the group

Asset encumbrance: encumbrance overview - collateral (a) (F 32.02.a)

Row

  • 0130Collateral received by the reporting institution

Column

  • 0020Of which: issued by other entities of the group

Asset encumbrance: encumbrance overview - collateral (b) (F 32.02.b)

Row

  • 0250TOTAL ASSETS, COLLATERAL RECEIVED AND OWN DEBT SECURITIES ISSUED

Column

  • 0020Of which: issued by other entities of the group

A worked example

The first of its checks, with simple numbers.

Illustrative values
Assets of the reporting institution1,200
Collateral received by the reporting institution800
Together2,000
What the rule then expects

Total assets, collateral received and own debt securities issued must then be 2,000.

2,000Passes
2,100Fails

A file that reports 2,000 passes. One that reports 2,100 fails, by 100.

The numbers are illustrative, reported to the unit, so the rounding tolerance does not change the result.

Show the rule as writtenShow

EBA's formula. Cells are written as {template, row, column, sheet}.

{F_32.02.b,r0250,c0020,} = {F_32.01,r0010,c0020,} + {F_32.02.a,r0130,c0020,}

Every AE rule, by template

Checks like this one, run at the point of submission, are the first step to real-time supervision.